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Arcane AU - Ciela LeWita

Name: Ciela LeWita

Name Etymology:

- Ciela = Sky, celestial, heavenly.

- Le Wita = From Lahwita meaning "one who has a knowledge of law, a lawyer." In the New Testament (Luke xiv. 3, etc.) "interpreter of Mosaic law." Old English had lahwita, with wita meaning "sage, wise man; adviser councilor," & an earlier Middle English word for "lawyer" was man-of-law (mid-14c.). This is based on the idea of legacy & how families with the same job over several generations had surnames pertaining to that job. Like how a baking family might be Baker or a carpentry/builder/furniture making family might be Woodwright.

Sex: Female

Hair Color: Brunette; chestnut or hazelnut.

Hair Style: Either a short pixie-cut or long with wavy ringlets (typically put up into a braided bun). Side part.

Face Shape: Diamond

Eye Color: Crystal blue

Eye Shape: Somewhat Almond (possible Ionian ancestor, though not as narrow as a native Ionian.)

Nose Shape: Small & upturned (suggesting that she may have some Freljordian ancestry as people living in snowy areas tend to have more upturned nostrils as that heats up the air that comes in.)

Lips: Thin, but bow-shaped. (Has sort of a resting pouty face with lips ever so slightly puckered without meaning to.)

Skin Tone: Pale, almost porcelain. Like China.

Other Details: Petite & slim, but with a more pear-shaped figure. A beauty mark under her left eye, under the outside corner. Sparse freckling over her nose & in a couple other places of her body.

Height: 5'2"

Breasts: B cup; 34" bust

Waist: 25"

Hips: 38"

I used the League of Legends' Avatar Creator to make a close approximation of how she looks!

Wears clothes ever so slightly big enough to hide her Acro Ballet muscles to make herself appear more fragile than she actually is.

Inspired by @insane-arcane's "Reader Working Under Marcus & Silco Takes Dangerous Interest in Them."

Is also somewhat inspired by @ace-of-zaun's Yan!Silco fic "Pas de Deux."

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Ciela was born into a rich family from a long line of lawyers on her father's side, she was expected to become one as well. Her grandmother, however, was originally from Demacia & now runs quite a few charities to help new citizens who'd just moved from Zaun to Piltover & were thus struggling, specifically aiding those struggling families living in the Fringes with the help of Ciela's mother.

These things combined to instill Ciela with strong moral values & a clearly defined sense of right & wrong. Of justice & honor.

Was originally studying to be a defense lawyer like her father, but changed her major to criminology because she wanted to make a difference. (Though, she did pass the barr in case she ever needed to defend someone else or even herself.) She joined the Enforcers & quickly became one of the best with Greyson as her mentor. With her ability to cite exact laws, she's been able to convict criminals no matter their position & gotten many innocent Undercitizens out of Stillwater by discovering & convicting the true culprits. Is ever so slowly dealing with the corruption in the Enforcers.

Ciela was busy with her first solo case when Greyson was killed.

In the case of working with Vander &, later, Ekko, she relays them information about the goings on in the Enforcer Ranks freely & gladly without need for compensation, even going so far as to have turned down such the first time it was offered, saying that she's doing it to help Zaun, not for money or power.

The reason being that she hates the corruption going on in her workplace & the mistreatment of Zaun & wants to actively change it by becoming the Enforcer Chief & possibly even Justice Minister (& thus a member of the Council) if that's what it takes to change things. Her goal is to change Piltover from the inside. Rebuilding it from the ground up if necessary; better, more humble, more equal, & more just.

When there's an encounter with a Firelight or one of Vander's men & they're innocent, she lets them go but tells them to be quiet, especially if they're kids, & when asked what happened, she tells her fellow Enforcers that they got away.

Is already pretty high-ranked & actively discourages Enforcer brutality in those around her.

While her parents outwardly give the appearance of discouraging her, away from prying eyes, they are excessively proud of the good she's doing.

Don't get her wrong, she sees her parents' two-faced behavior as cowardly, but at least they haven't disowned her & continue to support her, even if quietly & behind closed doors.

Despite her strong sense of right & wrong, she doesn't see life in black & white. Understands that she is breaking the law. At the same time, she doesn't truly trust Piltover's justice system as it has many laws in place specifically & openly designed to oppress the Undercity. Not subtly, but very openly & by name. Things such as "Piltovan hospitals are prohibited from taking on Fissurefolk as patients."

Is determined to someday have these laws repealed.

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Is actually Marcus' cousin on their mothers' sides. His parents are both dead by the time of the show.

Is also very good friends with Caitlyn through work & through her, Jayce. The other girl used to have a crush on her, but when Ciela realized this fact, she was very open & honest with her about the fact that she wasn't interested in other women.

While Caitlyn was depressed for a while, Ciela's forthrightness allowed them to remain friends.

Caitlyn still harbored some feelings for her afterwards, but they slowly died out over time. Now, they're just best friends.

The 2 have a deal that they'll work together to make Piltover a better place. Caitlyn as Sheriff & Ciela as Chief of Enforcers.

Funnily enough, Ciela used to have a crush on Jayce, but he'd been dating someone else at the time (not Mel or Viktor, this was before he met them) & by the time those 2 broke it off, Ciela had either moved on or had met Viktor or the Firelight, Scar, & become interested in one of them instead.

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Is secretly a magicborn with a sound/wind/ice element by her mother, Serafina. The older woman's family was originally from Demacia; her sister (Ciela's aunt, Angelina) & her mother (Ciela's grandmother, Luciana), had all run from Demacia when she began showing signs of the family's magic. It was in Piltover that Ciela's grandmother met her grandfather & her mother's biological father. So, Ciela & Marcus are only half-cousins.

Though they were from Demacia, most of her mother's side of the family is Nox-Targonian in descent.

Ciela's mother had been married off to Ciela's father at a young age.

While it was an arranged marriage, they have a great deal of affection for each other & even loved each other as dear friends, but not as lovers. Both wish for their daughter to marry for love.

Ciela hides her magic due to Piltover's arcanophobic beliefs.

She is usually a very sweet & demure individual, prim & proper even, but just because she's thus, doesn't mean she can't be vicious in a fight. Especially when she's defending someone she cares about.

Did ballet, ribbon gymnastics, & fencing competitively growing up. Now, she blends them into her fighting style seamlessly to create a beautiful & elegant, yet terrifyingly effective fighting style.

Go here for an explanation of her weapon & fighting style, the Cygnexiphos & "Chemin du Cygne":

Dances around her enemies elegantly, using either her weapon or her feet & is brutally effective.

Extremely effective at crowd control.

Could kill a man with a well-aimed spin kick if she didn't hold back.

Similar to Dinsey's Ice Princess, Ciela enjoys figure skating, but more so as a pass time. If she wished, she could be a professional.

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Because she doesn't use her magic at all, her sound magic manifests in a passive way that specifically renders Ciela unable to speak, see, or hear any sort of falsehood without being hurt.

It makes her only capable of speaking truth & facts. If she forgets the correct word to describe something, she will either have to remember it or describe it in full before continuing. As such, she has read the full Dictionary from cover to cover several times before so that she is never unable to put words to thoughts. For that same reason, she is determined to become fluent in every language known to man as there are some words & concepts that simply cannot be fully described in just one language. Such as the Danish hygge or the Welsh hiraeth in our world.

Can speak opinions, but only if she states that it is an opinion or belief. While she herself cannot lie, she can, however, deflect with a different truth or use half truths. She can also say something untrue if it is clearly stated as an example & if she has clearly stated that it is an example or if she is quoting someone else & she makes it clear that she's doing so.

When viewing illusions, can see the illusion itself, but it looks to overlay the truth.

When someone lies, she instinctively knows. She also knows when someone is speaking a false belief or half truth.

The weakness to this is that to attempt to speak, see, or hear falsehoods is painful to her, at least somewhat. The worse the lie, the worse it hurts. To see, hear, or speak a falsehood makes her eyes, ears, & vocal chords strain. The harder she tries or the longer she hears or sees one, the more damage is done to her body.

Despite this, acting only makes her power act up a little unless a direct, factual falsehood is spoken, because the nature of acting is being someone else. So long as the individual is speaking truth as far as the rules of this character's reality is concerned, little damage is done. She can still feel it, but it's only a mild irritant.

This, however, makes it difficult for her to be able to determine whether someone is making white lies or acting or in disguise.

She can see past illusions & shape-shifting, but not past actual, physical disguises or plastic surgery as the individual is really wearing what they're wearing or actually looks like that. However, in this case, she feels a niggling discomfort like something isn't quite right.

She is also able to see past invisibility as a result.

However, she is unable to call someone by their preferred pronouns unless it falls inline with their biological sex. It has gotten her into trouble multiple times before & she really doesn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings. Her magic just won't let her if she is aware that they are trans.

The same goes for a person's preferred name if she ever learns their birth name. Unless they've legally changed their name, she just can't address them as that. (It'll still hurt, but she's at least able to address them how they want.) Which means that she's unable to call Jinx, Jinx. She's able to get around this with nicknames. The one she uses for Jinx is "Firecracker."

It'd be one thing if she legitimately had her name changed to Jinx, but she hasn't. In fact, the Jinx persona is little more than something that Powder uses as a mask to hide behind, thus making it even more of a lie.

At the same time, if Ciela ever starts to actually practice & use her magic, the negative effects of her sound magic will begin to lessen. She'll never be able to speak direct, explicit falsehoods, though. Not even if she masters sonomancy. She is simply incapable.

Due to the way her magic works, she tends to look up a lot of facts spanning a wide range of subjects. This, added to her eidetic memory, makes her fantastic at trivia.

An added effect of her magic makes it so that if she wants you to listen & pay attention to her words, then you will whether you want to or not. You will take in her words. Whether or not you accept them as truth is up to you, but you will, at the very least, take them in.

Studies helstromism, otherwise called "muscle reading" or "contact mind reading," so that she is able to pinpoint exactly how someone is lying to her & their inner thoughts as they do so. Helstromism being a "technique used by mentalists to determine the thoughts or knowledge of a subject, the effect of which tends to be perceived as a form of mind reading. The performer can determine many things about the mental state of a subject by observing subtle, involuntary responses to speech or any other stimuli. It is closely related to the ideomotor effect, whereby subtle movements made without conscious awareness reflect a physical movement, action or direction which the subject is thinking about."

This comes in handy for interrogation & interviewing.

For an idea of what this is, watch "Now You See Me" or its sequel. Both amazing movies that I loved & deserve more recognition.

Also studies criminal psychology & lip reading.

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Is amazing at parkour & freerunning.

That plus her use of Siegfried's (her personal Cygnexiphos) grapple hook mode, when paired with her fighting style, gives her major Spider-Gwen swag.

Practices yoga & contortionism to keep herself flexible.

Like, creepy flexible. Can fold herself up like origami & fit into a hat box, flexible.

Had a pair of boots made specifically so that she could stand en pointe comfortably & still follow the Enforcer uniform code.

Studies helstromism to be able to better read people.

Also practiced escapology in case she was ever held for ransom. Comes in surprising handy as an Enforcer.

Knows how to dislocated her thumb or shoulder in order to get out of bindings.

A damn good actress due to ballet as ballet requires the ability to accurately portray emotions.

Knows a lot about biophysics, biomechanics, & motion. Which she used to make Chemin du Cygne more effective.

Is a skilled enough Acro Ballerina that she could feasibly perform a Pas de Deux on her own, but she doesn't because why would she? (Think Princess Tutu.)

Acts as a freelance private investigator for the Fissures. Fissurefolk that she's helped before or friends of those she has, will sometimes come to her & request that she find someone or investigate something. Most of said cases are done pro bono while those who have too much pride, she'll make the excuse of giving a "friend discount" to try & lower the cost while also sparing their pride.

Helped/requested the HexBros invent various investigative tools such as a blacklight, the first digital fingerprint database (not portable, has to be kept in a secure location), a ballistics analysis device, a portable dna analysis kit (think Great Ace Attorney, Iris's blood-coloring gun), things like that.

These tools, however, are taking a long time to be tested, even once that's done, they'll still need to be approved by the Council. This very much frustrates Ciela because she knows they'd help to lessen the amount of error on the part of the Enforcers even if only by a little bit. Which would hopefully result in fewer Undercitizen indictments.

Carries around a bag with all these tools, minus the non-portable ones, plus a magnifying glass, luminol spray with glasses, & a fingerprint kit that she put together. She actually discovered that aluminum powder stuck to fingerprints herself & had accidentally created luminol during chemistry class while at the Academy. Not to mention that it was her study of ballistic markings that the HexBros' Ballistics Analysis Machine was based off of. These personally discovered methods of investigation are also awaiting testing & approval by the Council…

Knows, verbatim, the statistical Zaunite loses due to lack of safety (work or otherwise), Enforcer brutality, starvation, lack of medicine, & overall Piltovan injustice from the beginning of the last century & will not hesitate to recite them & provide inalienable, incontrovertible proof. Also knows the typical work salary for those working the mines.

Likewise, knows the relative number of Undercitizen deaths as a result of Shimmer. (As one might guess, she does not start off with the most glowing opinion of Silco or his ilk.)

Was good friends with Vander, so she was devastated to hear of his demise. One day, on the anniversary of him killing Silco, she'd found him at the Last Drop, drunk &, in his stupor, he'd told Ciela what he'd done, how much he regretted it, how, given a second chance, he'd have tried harder to reason with his brother, & in the end, why he'd done it.

While awkward, she'd rubbed circles into his shoulders as he'd sobbed.

Is EMT Certified & knows first aid, but very little beyond that. Learned to be of better use as a civil servant. Because of this, she's often one of the 1st Enforcers sent to help when there's a situation where people are hurt.

She has a gun & practices at a range often, but, let's be honest, she's only average at best.

She is resourceful, inventive, & adaptable, as well as an ace at guerilla science & great at diy.

Her father used to take her camping when she was little & he taught her many survivalist techniques, such as how to build simple crutches, boots, braces, splints, slings & other things like compasses from the things around her.

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Ciela is a very quietly cheerful & polite individual. A majority of her smiles are genuine & is usually smiling. Has a very positive outlook on life.

Has had a lot of etiquette training.

Ciela likes to give her significant other forehead, cheek, & hand kisses as well as hugs & likes to gently play with one or both of their hands in quiet moments when they're not using said hand. Enjoys kissing each fingertip in these moments. However, all it takes is a slight, intentional tug from her lover for her to relinquish his hand because she understands that he might have work to do.

Just generally a very gentle, sweet, & all-around soft person with those she loves. If she's a lot shorter than her significant other, she delivers said kisses by standing on her tiptoes.

Gives kids storge-induced forehead kisses & hugs, also ruffling their hair affectionately.

I'm thinking of either pairing her with Viktor, Scar from the Firelights, or with Yan!Silco.

Is Ren's favorite aunt, as well as her godmother, & loves Scar's daughter.

I hc that Scar is mute beyond the ability to produce sonic waves from his mouth. So, Ciela learns sign in order to talk to him herself. If they don't end up together, then they definitely become good friends.

Of course, to go with @insane-arcane, could instead be paired with Yan!Silco. There are a lot of ways that this could go. Maybe, she ends up with Viktor or starts off with Scar, but then Silco has Marcus bring her to him. (Maybe he tried to kill Scar provided he knows.)

Maybe she legitimately falls for Silco Stockholm style or maybe she only falls for him after he starts becoming a better person due to exposure to her Lima style. Maybe she becomes a mother figure to Jinx, teaching her about all the different types of love (the Greco-Roman loves) & how people have room to love more than one person. Especially teaching her about Philautia, or healthy self-love or self-compassion. (These were lessons from her mother's Nox-Targonian ancestry, which is Runeterra's equivalent to Greco-Roman or Mediterranean culture. Her mother's family passed down the original copy of "Libro Celeste d'Amore" which had been banned & subsequently burned in Noxus due to the new regime. It lists 10 different types of love total, informs how to identify them, & describes how to balance one's relationships with others effectively without taking away from other relationships; Philia, Storge, Pragma, Eros, Ludus, Mania, Philautia, Narcissus, Agape, & Meraki.) Or maybe, she meets Viktor through Jayce & they grow close?

Like with @ace-of-zaun's Yan!Silco fic "Pas de Deux," I can definitely see Silco being taken with Ciela's dancing & natural elegance. Though, obviously Ciela's diametrically different from the fem!reader in that story. Though, I don't see Silco losing control of himself quite as much, here.

Maybe, Silco doesn't die from Jinx shooting him or maybe he does, but is brought back by augmentation. Then, he, Ciela, Jinx, (& Ren if Marcus is dead) begin to develop a more healthy relationship & become a family.

Or maybe Silco just stays dead & then after mourning him, Ciela eventually remeets Scar or Viktor & they get back together. Then Jinx & Scar's daughter (what is her name anyway; Lilac maybe, Stella, or Stellaluna, I think Stella) become sisters. (If Marcus is dead too, then Ren is part of it.)

Maybe she was originally with Scar, but Silco actually manages to have him killed, then, if Silco dies because of Jinx, she takes in Stella & Jinx before getting together with Mr. Machine Herald?

Maybe she had Silco's kid.

Or maybe Silco never takes an interest in her to begin with & Ciela & Viktor or Scar live happily ever after trying to make Zaun a better place together from the get go.

There are a lot of ways this could go.

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I can definitely see Silco calling her things like "my dove," "my swan," "my princess," & "my angel." Just a lot of very possessive pet names. As well as maybe "Odette" in reference to the Swan Lake play.

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I just prefer actual fully fleshed out Original Characters as opposed to Y/N. I don't tend to read these fics to put myself in the characters' places.

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#arcane #league of legends #original female character #ciela lewita #firelights #ekko #scar #enforcer oc

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aikoiya · 2 years ago

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LoL AU - Cygnexiphos

The Cygnexiphos is a hextech weapon that switches forms. It was designed by my OC, Ciela LeWita, & created by Councilor Jayce Talis. The weapon itself is one she designed specifically for her fighting style. Her personal Cygnexiphos is named Siegfried.

Its default form is its Foil Form. However, it can change into 3 other weapons & 1 tool.

The weapon can be changed by using the pommel. Pressing like a button extends, while twisting clockwise like a knob engages Bladed Mode. Pressing it again while extended, retracts & twisting counterclockwise while Bladed Mode is engaged, disengages Bladed Mode.

By pressing the pommel, the Foil extends into a long, non-lethal, metal whip. Pressing it again retracts it back into a Foil. By, instead, twisting the pommel clockwise in Foil Form, blades are engaged, turning it into a Rapier. Twisting it counterclockwise while a Rapier will return it to a Foil as well.

Twisting the pommel clockwise in Whip Form or pressing the pommel in Rapier Form, will turn it into Razorchain Form. Much like above, twisting the pommel counterclockwise or pressing the pommel again in Razorchain Form will return it to Whip & Rapier Forms respectively.

On the other hand, if you only half-twist the pommel clockwise in Whip Form, it will engage the grapple head, which can be used to maneuver obstacles or climb. (Think Indiana Jones.)

Pressing the pommel twice within a second of each other, it'll return to Foil Mode no matter what form it's in.

The Foil is for piercing or hitting. The Rapier is for slashing. The Whip is for rendering her opponents unconscious without killing them or entangling them. And the Razorchain swordwhip is for when she just wants someone to die.

Doesn't use the Razorchain Mode often because she only kills when it's absolutely necessary.

Before the invention of Hextech, she wielded a whip for her 1st hand & a rapier for her 2nd. Now, she only needs Siegfried.

Is currently the only one authorized to use one as one must be a black belt in her personal style to use one safely.

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This weapon is best used in conjunction with a fighting style created by Ciela LeWita herself.

It's a blend of fencing, acro ballet, & ribbon gymnastics. (Imagine a blend of Ballet Kenpo, Ribbon Gymkata, & Fencing. Acro ballet being a sort of fusion of ballet & gymnastics.)

She invented the style, calling it "Chemin du Cygne." Or "Way of the Swan."

The Chemin du Cygne has 3 different styles to choose from. The "Bec de Cygne" or the Swan's Beak style of swordfighting which is more direct, using more strikes, leaps, & lunges, then spinning out of the way to evade, using the Foil & Rapier Forms. And the "Ailes de Cygne'' or the Swan's Wings style of whipfighting, which is more circular & evasive, using more spins, using the Whip & Razorchain Forms.

The 3rd style is "Pattes de Cygne" or the Swan's Legs style of hand-to-hand combat, which is really just Ballet Kenpo from Ranma ½.

It's a powerful, yet elegant style that uses spinning evasion & further uses spins to build momentum before delivering powerful kicks that debilitates opponents. This is for the rare occasions when disarmed.

Like the God of Karate in Ranma ½ once said, "Never fight a ballet dancer. They possess body control down to the tips of their toes & they have the best resilience & flexibility out of all sports. If a ballet dancer learned how to kick. Their power would exceed that of a first-class martial artist."

Dances around her enemies elegantly, using either her weapon or her feet & is brutally effective.

Extremely effective at crowd control.

Could kill a man with a well-aimed spin kick if she didn't hold back.

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Ciela knows a lot about biophysics, biomechanics, & motion. If you've ever seen the Disney movie Ice Princess, like that.

Used this knowledge to make Chemin du Cygne as deadly & effective as it is.

It's similar to how Tae Kwon Do was originally founded by Choi Hong Hi who studied/analyzed biomechanics, Newtonian physics & Chinese martial arts. So, its roots are based & founded on science & math.

Tae Kwon Do requires that one utilizes their speed & agility. The style, as a whole, puts more emphasis on various kicks rather than hand strikes all with a narrow stance that some might call unstable.

(This is actually for real, too!)

Choi observed that a hit’s strength is multiplied by its own force (i.e.: power is squared) with the movement of the hit. However, in regards to the individual performing the attack, one would only multiply strength by the individual’s mass.

The equation went (P=W/t=mgh/t+(1⁄2 m²)/t). In it, P = power, mgh = potential energy, ½m² = kinetic energy, & t = time.

Before even starting on the Equation for Power, he’d 1st had to solve for both potential energy & kinetic energy through 2 separated equations.

For potential energy, it’d been as simple as (PE = mgh) where PE = Potential Energy, specifically measured in Joules, m = mass in kilograms, g = the acceleration of gravity (which, in itself would need to be calculated using 9.8m⁄s² ) & h = the height above the surface in meters.

It’s been referred to as Choi’s “Theory of Power” ever since.

Chemin du Cygne's root principles are similarly based on science & math.

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For more, go to my Ciela LeWita post.

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#arcane #league of legends #hextech #cygnexiphos #made up weapon #original female character #ciela lewita #tae kwon do #choi hong hi #biomechanics #biophysics #motion #choi's theory of power #aikoiya art

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